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8	->''"Always bet on black."''
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10	This film, directed by Creator/KevinHooks and released in 1992, was the vehicle that solidified Creator/WesleySnipes' career as an action hero.
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12	An infamous terrorist named Charles Rane (Creator/BrucePayne) has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. When Rane hijacks a commercial airliner with a security specialist on board named John Cutter (Snipes), Cutter must fight back to stop his [[{{Pun}} "Rane of terror"]] amongst the passengers.
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14	Also in the cast are Creator/TomSizemore, Creator/BruceGreenwood, Creator/RobertHooks, and Creator/ElizabethHurley.
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17	!!This film provides examples of:
18	* ActionHero: [[Creator/WesleySnipes Cutter]] really doesn't want to be, but events force him to take out most of Rane's men by himself.
19	* BadassBoast: "Always bet on black!"
20	* BeautyIsBad: Creator/ElizabethHurley is Rane's [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale female]] accomplice.
21	* BerserkButton: Mentioning Rane's childhood and implying he's mentally unstable.
22	* BigBad: Charles Rane, the English mercenary terrorist.
23	* CardCarryingVillain: Rane is under no illusion about what a monster he is and seems to take pride in it.
24	* DeadpanSnarker: Cutter and Rane are both this, though Rane's humor is far more malevolent in tone.
25	* DieHardOnAnX: Die Hard on a plane! This is the [[Film/AirForceOne one that didn't have Harrison Ford]]...[[Film/ConAir or Nicolas Cage]]...[[Film/ExecutiveDecision or Kurt Russell]].
26	* DisneyVillainDeath:
27	** [[spoiler: Cutter kicks Rane out of a plane in mid-flight.]]
28	** [[spoiler: One of Rane's mooks is also killed this way at the fairground when Cutter tosses him off the top of a ferris wheel.]]
29	* DisposablePilot: Played straight with the captain, who gets shot by Rane when the villains take over the plane. [[spoiler:Subverted with the co-pilot and navigator, who both survive the movie.]]
30	* EvilBrit: Rane is an English terrorist-for-hire.
31	* ExtremityExtremist: Cutter's fighting style puts a lot of emphasis on kicks as seen in his fight with Vincent. Makes sense since Wesley Snipes is trained in Capoeira, Hapkido, Taekwondo and Kickboxing among his other fighting styles.
32	* FauxAffablyEvil: Rane is always exceptionally polite but clearly malevolent and sadistic.
33	* FingerGun: While imprisoned, Rane notices a child doing this. He proceeds to do it back, revealing his handcuffs and scaring the child half to death.
34	* FrenchJerk: One of Rane’s minions is French.
35	* FreudianExcuse: Rane had an abusive father, who he mentions [[SelfMadeOrphan died a violent death]].
36	* GeniusBruiser: Both Cutter and Rane are this, being both skilled tacticians and dangerous combatants.
37	* HannibalLecture: Rane is quite skilled at delivering these, browbeating various law enforcement-types and taunting Cutter over his inability to prevent the deaths of the hostages he kills.
38	-->'''Cutter:''' My instincts are to wax your ass all over this floor!
39	-->'''Rane:''' Those are your emotions acting without the benefit of intellect.
40	* HerBoyfriendsJacket: John takes off his and gives it to Marty when they get off the plane after seeing off Rane, cementing their new relationship.
41	* HonestCorporateExecutive: Stuart Ramsey, the CEO of Atlantic International Airlines, comes off as a decent guy.
42	* IKnowKarate: [[Creator/WesleySnipes Cutter]], of course. He uses it to good effect against [[PsychoKnifeNut Vincent]] and [[BigBad Rane]].
43	* INeverSaidItWasPoison: How Vincent gives himself away: he says they should go along with whatever "Mister Rane" orders. He wouldn't know who had hijacked the plane since he was down in the hold the whole time. Not that it matters much, since he tries to knife John right after saying that.
44	* KnightInSourArmor: Cutter is very bitter and testy after his wife's death.
45	* LackOfEmpathy: Rane, big time. He thinks nothing of shooting hostages, even if they have families, and at one point even menaces his own lawyer.
46	* LargeHam: Rane again. Bruce Payne delivers every line as though he's playing a snake.
47	* TheLostLenore: Cutter's wife Lisa. In the official soundtrack, the eponymous song is beautiful yet melancholic, representing Cutter's inability to come to terms with her death.
48	* MadeOfExplodium: [[spoiler:When the terrorists reboard the plane,]] the mobile gangway collapses and bursts into flames.
49	* MadeOfIron: Rane no-sells several [[GroinAttack shots to the crotch]] during his final fight with Cutter.
50	* MadnessMantra: [[BlatantLies Charles Rane is not insane.]]
51	* MistakenForTerrorist: Cutter is at first, thanks to Rane fooling the police into thinking he worked for him.
52	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Cutter's wife being blown away by some random armed store thief that killed her out of spite when Cutter couldn't get the drop on him fast enough and tried to negotiate.]] As a result, Cutter is far less inclined to be a hero during the present-day.
53	* NeverSayThatAgain: Rane thanks his lawyer for his legal advice of pleading temporary insanity by brutally thrashing him, putting him in a painful hold, and whispering "Repeat after me: Charles Rane is not insane."
54	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Cutter delivers one of these to Vincent, Rane's knife-wielding henchman.
55	* OnlySaneMan: Stuart Ramsey is the only one who points out how [[TooDumbToLive insanely stupid it was for the FBI to put]] ''[[TooDumbToLive the world's most dangerous plane hijacker]]'' [[TooDumbToLive on a]] ''[[TooDumbToLive plane]]''.
56	* PsychoForHire: Rane is a terrorist-for-hire who takes great pleasure in tormenting and killing innocent people.
57	* SelfMadeOrphan: Rane all but admits to being one. When asked where his father is now, he merely says "he died...violently".
58	* SoftSpokenSadist: Rane is very flat and deadpan throughout the film, only raising his voice once or twice.
59	-->'''Rane:''' You hear that, Cutter? Douglas has a daughter who loves him very much. And until your interference, she had a father.
60	* TerroristsWithoutACause: Charles Rane is a mercenary, paid to commit terrorist attacks on behalf of others. He doesn't seem to believe in any cause, but does take a certain pride in his crimes.
61	* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Cutter's EstablishingCharacterMoment involves him being part of a hostage drill for trainee stewardesses that has him getting angry at the stewardess' attempt at negotiating for a passenger's life using the standard methods told to her and "killing" the hostage out of sheer spite. [[spoiler:This act of savage trolling makes more sense when it turns out that this happened to him in the past.]] One of the other trainers even tells Cutter that he's being extremely harsh on the trainees and he should take some time off.
62	* WastedBeauty: When Cutter knocks out Sabrina, the sole female terrorist (played by Creator/ElizabethHurley, no less), he says, "What a waste."
63	* WorthyOpponent: Rane considers Cutter a worthy opponent after his arrest at the carnival.
64	-->'''Rane:''' Mr. Cutter, how kind of you to pay me a visit. You've been a worth adversary. It's a shame we won't be seeing much more of each other.
65	* WrongNameOutburst: Cutter accidentally addresses [[SexyStewardess Marti]] as "Lisa" in a heated moment. "Lisa" is actually Cutter's [[TheLostLenore dead wife]], killed in a convenience store robbery.

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